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[Japanese print], 1750 — historic print
[Japanese print], 1750. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The subject of this print is Saigyō, the twelfth-century poet and Buddhist monk who left a warrior's life to wander Japan writing waka verse about nature and impermanence. Color woodcuts like this one, cut from carved blocks, often presented religious and literary figures to viewers who already knew their poems and legends. The record dates the work to 1750 and credits Matsushima Seikichi as engraver, but its subject headings also mention priests from 1800 to 1870, so the date is worth checking against the original.

Created / published1750
CreatorMatsushima Seikichi engraver.
Medium1 print : woodcut color.
NotesForms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
SubjectsSaigyō 1118-1190--Religion--Japan. Priests--Japan--1800-1870.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan9,684 × 7,899 px · prints to 32 × 26 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227828

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